"Hierarchical Oversight and the Value of Public Office: Evidence from Colonial Peru"

Jenny Guardado (jgr45@georgetown.edu)

June 3, 2021


*This folder constains files necessary to replicate results in the paper. 

1. Please copy the "dofiles" and "dataset" folder in the directory of choice. 
2. Open "Do_MainTablesFigures.do", specify the directory on line 15
3. Run "Do_MainTablesFigures.do"
4. For suplementary tables and figures open "Appendix_MainTablesFigures.do", specify the direct on line 15
5. Run "Appendix_MainTablesFigures.do"


**Files**

- Do-Files (Stata Version 16):

a. Do_MainTablesFigures, reproduces all tables from the main text (including figures)

b. Do_AppendixTablesFigures, reproduces all tables and figures from the appendix. 


**Data**

- Data-Files (Stata Version 16):

a. newmembersdata - data from the new members entering the Lima audiencia from 1687 to 1751

b. composition - data from all members in the Lima audiencia between 1687 and 1751

c. indivmemberslima - individual characteristics of members of the Lima audiencia (1687-1751)

d. limadeparty - dataset on yearly exits (and mode of exit) from the Lima audiencia (1687-1751)

e. provpanel - panel of provinces and the year of sale (1673-1751)

f. lima_timeseries - economic indicators for the Audiencia of Lima 1687-1751

c. spain_timeseries - economic indicators for the Spanish Peninsula 1687-1751